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Israel arrests 19 in Jerusalem, closes West Bank 23 Oct 2016 - 04:14 pm

JERUSALEM: Israeli police have arrested 19 Palestinians during overnight raids in the occupied West Bank as the military closed off the occupied Palestinian...

UK takes in child refugees ahead of Calais camp closure 23 Oct 2016 - 04:07 pm

LONDON: Around 70 children from the so-called Calais “Jungle” have arrived in the U.K. ahead of Monday’s expected closure of the makeshift migrant...

Peshmerga forces capture 3 villages in Islamic State-held Mosul 23 Oct 2016 - 03:59 pm

MOSUL, Iraq: Kurdish Peshmerga forces have captured another three villages in Mosul as part of an ongoing offensive to oust Islamic State terrorists...

Iraq says senior Islamic State leader killed in Mosul airstrike 23 Oct 2016 - 03:36 pm

NINEVEH, Iraq: A senior aide to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed in an airstrike in the northern city of...

Still here? EU reality dims British demand on full membership 23 Oct 2016 - 03:20 pm

BRUSSELS: Britain will "continue to play a full role until we leave", Prime Minister Theresa May told fellow leaders at her first EU...

Two suspected 'terrorists' killed in Russian city Nizhny Novgorod 23 Oct 2016 - 03:01 pm

Moscow: Russian security forces have shot dead two people suspected of "terrorism" in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russian news agencies reported on...

Iraq's parliament votes to ban alcoholic beverages 23 Oct 2016 - 02:45 pm

BAGHDAD: Iraq's parliament voted on Saturday to ban alcoholic beverages, lawmakers said, a move that worried Iraqis who see the growing influence of...

Iraq forces press Mosul assault, hunt Kirkuk attackers 23 Oct 2016 - 02:15 pm

Arbil, Iraq: Iraqi forces battled Sunday through booby-traps, sniper fire and suicide car bombs to tighten the noose around Mosul, while also hunting...

Police officer killed, 10 people wounded in bomb in east Turkey 23 Oct 2016 - 01:12 pm

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: A police officer was killed and 10 people were wounded when a car bomb exploded near a passing police vehicle in...

Junko Tabei, 1st woman to climb Everest, dies at 77 23 Oct 2016 - 12:57 pm

Tokyo: The first woman to climb Mount Everest didn't stop there. Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei, who died Thursday at 77, devoted her adult...

Wealthy Australian families make counter-bid for cattle empire 23 Oct 2016 - 12:40 pm

Sydney: An all-Australian consortium comprising some of the country's richest grazier families made a counter-offer Sunday for one of the world's largest cattle...

Britain will make airport expansion decision on Oct. 25 - transport minister 23 Oct 2016 - 12:04 pm

LONDON: The British government will make a decision on Tuesday about where to allow airport expansion in south east England, transport minister Chris...

Italian coastguard: 14 dead, 5,700 rescued in Mediterranean sea 23 Oct 2016 - 11:53 am

Rome: Fourteen bodies have been recovered and about 5,700 people have been saved in Mediterranean Sea migrant rescues during the past 48 hours,...

Duterte hopes Philippine fishermen can return to China-controlled shoal 23 Oct 2016 - 11:52 am

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte expressed hope on Sunday that fishermen would be able to return to the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the...

Pentagon chief reviews Mosul offensive with Kurds 23 Oct 2016 - 11:37 am

Arbil, Iraq: US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter arrived in Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan on Sunday to review the ongoing military offensive...